In the fifth year of Taihe, October Jiashen, two o'clock at noon.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, somewhere in Shanhefang.

Zhang Yijun stood outside the porch and waited quietly, carefully observing his surroundings for a moment. The portico was made of masonry, and the man opened it not so much as the door, but two rough planks hanging from masonry hinge hooks. You can't see the sun here, but it's midday, and some of the winter sun is shining through the gaps in the planks, so that it doesn't make it dark and muddy.

Zhang Yijun looked at the wooden screen in the porch, staring at it through the faint light. The pattern carving is very rough, and it can be faintly discerned that it depicts an eagle with the body of a monk.

The monk wore a square hat on his head and a long beard on his chin. Zhang Yijun carefully searched for any knowledge related to this pattern in his mind, since there were monks, indicating that this may be a certain type of religious symbol, Zhang Yijun used this idea to recall that there may be mixed sects in Chang'an City: Buddha Buddha, Lao Dao, Jingjiao, and Dashijiao......

None of the things that flashed through my mind were right......

The only thing Zhang Yijun can be sure of at the moment is that this religion is probably not produced in Middle-earth.

After Zhang Yijun interrupted his thoughts, he suddenly remembered that he had been waiting outside this porch for half a cup of tea, but he still didn't see the bearded man come out, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

He looked cautiously into the porch, but the wooden screen standing in front of him blocked all views.

Zhang Yijun slowly entered the porch, and also felt out a fire fold, and was about to ignite it, but hesitantly put it back. The truth inside is unclear, so it's better to be cautious.

Inside it looks like a kiln house, made of brick and stone. As soon as he bypassed the wooden screen, he saw that the inner space was a little wider than Zhang Yijun imagined, and there were desks, wool blankets and other things behind the screen, and there was also a disc on the desk.

Something burned on this plate?

The doubts in Zhang Yijun's heart deepened. He looked deeper into the kiln house, and suddenly saw that there was a small room at the end of the room, which, unlike this one, was hewn out of rammed earth, and that the bearded man would have to bend his neck to get into it.

The small interior is dark, and the light outside the porch cannot be projected at all, and it is impossible to see the inner scene from the position where Zhang Yijun is standing.

The whole kiln house was terrifyingly quiet, which made Zhang Yijun faintly feel that something was not right, but it also made Zhang Yijun extremely sensitive to any sound.

He walked to the door of the small room, and the moment he looked in, a strange moan suddenly reached his ear.

The sound was only for a moment, and then the kiln house fell silent again.

Zhang Yijun gently shouted into the small room: "Is there anyone?" ”

"Mo ......"

The voice was almost hoarse, Zhang Yijun recognized that this was the voice of the bearded man, he hurriedly took out the fire fold, quickly ignited, and the small room was brightly illuminated.

At the same time, it also reflects a burly figure lying on the ground.

Zhang Yijun's breath was stagnant, he hurriedly glanced at the empty room, and quickly ran to the front.

The bearded man had a hideous face, blood-red eyes, bruised muscles on his face, bleeding from the corners of his lips, and dark red blood on the ground. A word was like a cold blade, quickly choking Zhang Yijun's throat, making his hair stand on end.

Yunshan Poison ......

Zhang Yijun was suddenly alert, he suddenly remembered that he had entered in a hurry just now, and he didn't pay attention to check the wall near the entrance of the small room.

Sure enough, the moment he raised his head, he heard a strange string playing into his ear, and Zhang Yijun subconsciously tilted his head. A crossbow arrow broke through the air, stiffly brushed past Zhang Yijun's neck, and hit the rammed earth wall with a "snap", only slightly off, just afraid that this crossbow arrow would pierce his throat.

A dark shadow emerges from the corner of the small room, which is also the blind spot of Fang Cai's vision!

Zhang Yijun immediately chased him out, but the black shadow took advantage of Zhang Yijun's rise to the door of the small room, turned around sharply, and pointed the crossbow machine in his hand at Zhang Yijun again.

Zhang Yijun suddenly realized the difference in Fang Cai's string sound: this is a repeater!

He hurriedly shrank his body behind the wall of the chamber, and in less than a flick of it, two more bolts were nailed to the outer edge of the door frame of the chamber. Zhang Yijun calculated that the opponent's crossbow arrows were exhausted, pulled out the dagger he had prepared this morning for safety from his waist, and quickly rolled to the right, and kicked the ball of his foot the rammed ground, and rushed straight to the direction where the crossbow arrow was fired.

However, he pounced, the black shadow was not in love with war, seeing that the crossbow arrows were exhausted, like a bat, and when Zhang Yijun pounced out of the small room, he had already walked around the wooden screen.

Zhang Yijun hurried to the porch, but was annoyed to find that Fang Cai's black shadow was gone. Zhang Yijun couldn't care about chasing anymore, he hurriedly turned around and rushed to the small room.

Zhang Yijun didn't have any hope, and Yunshan died if he was poisoned. But when Zhang Yijun slowly knelt down on one knee beside the bearded man, the bearded man struggled to raise his bloody right forearm and grabbed the corner of his clothes tremblingly.

The flesh on the inside of his entire right forearm had been completely stripped away......

Three o'clock in the afternoon.

Chang'an County, Guangdefang.

To this day, King Ying still remembers his first visit to Zhang's Mansion in Guangdefang a few years ago.

At that time, he had just met Zhang Yijun not long ago, on the eve of the Shangyuan Festival, even in the daytime, the city was full of lanterns, and Pingkangli was even more lively, all kinds of lanterns such as peonies blooming in early spring, competing for beauty.

Li Xiao and Zhang Yi were both wandering in Pingkang that day, but they happened to pass by the Qingfeng Pavilion, which was not famous at that time, and heard a commotion inside, and they came close to witness the scene of a noble Qi's son who was drunk and gaffe, and when he saw his lust, he forced Qingqi to lose.

Li Han didn't want to do much at that time, this matter was commonplace in Pingkangli, as long as he didn't die, in the end, it was often Qingqi who was ransomed and forcibly accepted as a concubine.

Who knew that the noble son actually drew his sword and faced each other, and it seemed that he was not lightly drunk. Seeing that the thin and thin Qingqi was about to splash blood in the Qinglou, Zhang Yijun, who was standing beside Li Han, actually stepped forward and blocked a sword for a dusty woman. Seeing this, Li Han reacted, and stepped forward with the onlookers to completely subdue Na Yan and send him to the government.

Fortunately, Zhang Yijun's wound was not deep, and Li Han was half admired and half surprised by the rich son's behavior, so he personally sent Zhang Yijun back to the mansion. That was the first time Li Han went to Guangdefang other than Jingzhao Mansion, and it was also an opportunity for Li Han and Zhang Yijun to have a deep friendship.

Zhang Yijun said with a smile at that time, which Li Han still remembers today:

"He is in danger and no one stands up, the country is in trouble and will be indifferent, and Tang will not ......"

"Tang will not be Tang ......" King Ying muttered these four words in his mouth, and as soon as he pulled the reins, he had unconsciously arrived in front of the door of Zhang's mansion.

Li Han's choice to come here for a very clear purpose: first, to tell Zhang Yijun about the abnormal movements in Shanheli last night, and second, to let him stop for the time being, this matter is too dangerous, and he can no longer rest assured that Zhang Yijun can investigate the case alone.

King Ying stood outside the gate of the mansion, and after thinking of his words, he turned over and dismounted, and led the horse to the wooden horse in front of the gate of the mansion and tied it to the side. He had just put his hand on the head of the shop and was about to knock lightly, but he heard a sound inside the door, which sounded like the sound of lifting the latch, and then the door opened directly inward.

The two inside and outside the threshold both looked at each other in surprise and surprise.

"His Royal Highness King Ying?"

"Sixteen?"

Li Han and Li Shangyin rushed out almost at the same time.

Li Shangyin was holding the "Ziyun Cong", and when he saw King Ying, he quickly loosened the reins and leaned forward and bowed, he didn't expect King Ying to visit Zhang's Mansion in person, but he thought that he should not be looking for himself, so he turned slightly sideways and made his debut, and asked: "Your Highness is here, but you want to find Brother Yijun?" ”

The old housekeeper and several servants of the Zhang Mansion also rushed over at this moment, and when they saw that it was His Royal Highness King Ying, they all bowed down to salute. Li Xiao nodded and told them to retreat.

"Yi Jun is out of the house?"

Li Shangyin bowed his head and said: "Your Highness is unlucky, Brother Yi Jun left the mansion and went to the north of the city about an hour ago......"

"North of the city?" Li Han frowned slightly, he glanced at the purple-haired Jun Cheng behind Li Shangyin, and then looked at Li Shangyin's outfit for a long time, with wide sleeves and robes, scarves and buttons, as if he was going out, and couldn't help asking, "Are you also looking for him?" ”

"Uh...... No," Li Shangyin snorted slightly, and his left hand unconsciously rubbed the back of his right hand, "The minister is in a hurry, and he has to go to Jinchang......"

King Ying let out an "oh", and opened the door of the mansion on the side, and after Li Shangyin led the horse out of the mansion, he suddenly asked: "Yi Ke said where he went?" ”

Li Shangyin paused for a moment, then remembered and said to King Ying: "Brother Yi Jun seems to have said that he is going to Zheng Zhu's mansion this morning, and the minister remembers...... It should be good and harmonious......"

"Shanhe ......" Li Han's chest palpitated, he tried his best to be quiet, and hurriedly confirmed to Li Shangyin again: "Are you sure he said that he was going to Shanhefang in the north of the city?" ”

Li Shangyin didn't seem to sense the anxiety in King Ying's words, and nodded: "Exactly, Shanheli, which is close to the south wall of the imperial city......"

Not good!

An extremely ominous premonition began to condense in Li Han's heart, he didn't care about delay, hurriedly quit Li Shangyin, turned around and got on the horse, and galloped away in the direction of Fangmen.